TheRogueForums Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Source; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7774287.stm Interesting confirmation, though generally it has been accepted in astro-physics for a number of years. What are people's thoughts on this discovery? This thread is solely to do with science and people's thoughts on this confirmation, if people want to discuss any religious aspects to this, please post a new topic in Hot Topics Sub forum - j7 Well, it basically just confirms what we already "knew." Nonetheless, still pretty cool. Something to add to the textbooks, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanir Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Also I am interested to see what you people have on 'dimensions'. M-brane theory? Best account for the missing degenerate matter in a Black Hole that's causing all that gravity. Problem is it being a leap from (possibly) incomplete Quantum physics. Superstrings attempts to solve the latter (equivalent) possibility. The Hyperphysics website is a great general pointer for anything to do with physics. It can provide the specific genre material for further research within a matter of a few links. If looking for detailed explanations (rather than say, math research) try the Physicsforums website, though keep in mind opinions will vary even among the intensely qualified...about everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spriggs Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 The article seemed to be pretty vague about the study itself, it said that they tracked 28 stars over the span of 16 years and that this proved that their was a black hole at the center of the milky way. I'm going to to assume that that means that the paths of the stars indicated an outside force was "pulling" on them. Is this the case or can someone enlighten me, also if someone else has addressed this, my bad, but I didn't see a post about it. I'm new here so you'll have to bear with me, interesting stuff though. I think I'll end up doing some research later on, I'm a bit ignorant on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanir Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Results are correlated with interferometry, gravitational lensing and all other methods of attaining observational data. All skeptics are routinely invited to test any published results, which are inherently open to public debate of a strictly scientific nature. Scientific publications can indeed tend to be slightly sensationalistic, in that they will often take data researchers have known about for decades and make a big hoohah about it, calling it a new finding because some university student used it in a curriculum thesis, or just to sell some issues, or just because the journalist was bored. Science journals are however an excellent way for researchers to ensure credit for a particular finding or a confirmation on an old piece of data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justanother_strwsfan Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 it is said on various articles found on yahoo news, nasa reports etc that the gravitation pulls, alignment of stars and planets will be coming soon, when this happens they will align with the black hole and a sh** storm will result, apparently :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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